Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsDiving Regulations, 200916. Compressed air workers |
| (1) | No person may be registered as a compressed air worker, unless that person complies with the relevant requirements of the training standards made under regulation 24(a). |
| (2) | The hyperbaric operations supervisor must for each dive appoint a compressed air worker as the team leader for that dive. |
| (3) | A compressed air worker engaged in a diving project must— |
| (a) | maintain a daily record of his or her diving in his or her compressed air worker's logbook in accordance with Annexure A; |
| (b) | inform the lock operator if he or she is not competent to carry out the compressed air work tasks required as part in the diving operation in a safe manner; |
| (c) | if he or she knows of anything, including any illness or other condition, which renders him or her unfit to dive, inform the lock operator of his or her unfitness; |
| (d) | comply with any direction given by the airlock operator; |
| (e) | comply with any instruction applicable to him or her in the diving project plan. |
| (4) | A compressed air worker must report for a medical examination to a designated medical practitioner at least once every 12 months. |